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SIKES
Definition of SIKES
noun
plural of sike
noun
A gutter or ditch; a small stream that frequently dries up in the summer; the marshy ground or ditch through which such a stream flows.
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Word DNA
SIKES inherits its ancestry from its root, SIKE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (4,052)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SIKE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Norwegian, Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SIKES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 172, 8 November 2026.
Built from these letters
SIKES starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIKSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found SIKES?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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